Death of the Witch King

[Lord of Angmar]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>and why the Witch-king was killed even though Gollum said in TTT that you can't kill the wraiths<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Since when is Gollum considered a reliable source of information?<P>Meneltarmacil, I did not mean to sound harsh with my above statement, but I do not agree that <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Eowyn's completely mundane Rohirrim sword could work just as well as Merry's magical barrow sword against the Witch King.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Eowyn's sword would have been unable to destroy the Lord of the Nazgul if Merry's blade had not been a work of Westernesse:<P> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will. (The Return of the King)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>In other words, no other blade would have sufficed to puncture the "undead flesh" of the Witch King, and it was <I>solely</I> because of the use of Merry's sword to wound the Witch King and "break the spell that knit his unseen sinews" that Eowyn had the ability to destroy him once and for all.